Encyclopedia - Chinese Surname: Encyclopedia - Chinese Surname
A Chinese surname, family name (Chinese: 姓; Hanyu Pinyin: xìng or clan name 氏; shì), is one of the hundreds or thousands of family ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Chinese Surname: Encyclopedia Ii - Chinese Surname - Surnames At Present
Of the thousands of surnames which have been identified from historical texts prior to the Han Dynasty, most have either been lost or sim...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Chinese Surname: Encyclopedia Ii - Chinese Surname - Distribution Of Surnames
Surnames are not evenly distributed throughout China's geography. In northern China, Wang (王) is the most popular surname, being shared...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Wang Surname: Encyclopedia Ii - Wang Surname - Chinese Surname
Wang (王 in pinyin: Wáng; in Jyutping: Wong4) is one of the most common Chinese family names. In a 2002 study, Wang was ranked second m...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Chinese Surname: Encyclopedia Ii - Chinese Surname - Origin Of Surnames
Prior to the Warring States Period (5th century BCE), only the royal family and the aristocratic elite could generally take surnames. His...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Zhang Surname: Encyclopedia - Zhang Surname
Zhang (Traditional Chinese: 張, Simplified Chinese: 张, pinyin: Zhāng, Wade-Giles: Chang, Yale: Jeung, Jyutping: Zoeng1, Hong Kong Gov...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Chinese Given Name: Encyclopedia - Chinese Given Name
Chinese given names (Chinese: 名字; pinyin: míngzì) are made up of one or two characters. Unlike Western personal names, there is gre...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Wu Surname: Encyclopedia - Wu Surname
Wu is the Pinyin transliteration of the Chinese surname 吳 (Traditional Chinese), 吴 (Simplified Chinese). Several other, less common C...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Yin Surname: Encyclopedia - Yin Surname
Yin (Chinese: 殷; Hanyu Pinyin: yin) is a rare Chinese surname dating to the fall of the Yin (Shang) Dynasty in 1046 BC. After the Yin's...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Chinese In Singapore: Encyclopedia - Chinese In Singapore
The Chinese in Singapore are people of Chinese descent who are born in or immigrated to Singapore and has attained citizenship or permane...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hsiao: Encyclopedia - Hsiao
Hsiao is a Chinese surname. It is the Wade-Giles spelling of the Chinese character 蕭, which in pinyin is rendered as Xiao. Famous peopl...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hua: Encyclopedia - Hua
Hua is: the self designation (endonymic ethnicon) used by the Hephthalites the name of a country in China prior to being destroyed by th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Yin: Encyclopedia - Yin
Yin may refer to: Yin Dynasty, another name for the first historic Chinese nation and dynasty, the Shang. Yin (city), the capital of the...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Yang Surname: Encyclopedia - Yang Surname
Yang is the transliteration of Chinese family name 楊/杨, also spelt as Yeung, which means poplar literally. It can also be the transli...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Chen Surname: Encyclopedia - Chen Surname
Chén (Simplified Chinese: 陈, Traditional Chinese: 陳) is one of the four most common Chinese family names, and the most common family...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Chinese Name: Encyclopedia - Chinese Name
Chinese personal names follow a number of conventions different from those of Western personal names. Most noticeably, a Chinese name is ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Zhou: Encyclopedia - Zhou
Zhou refers to Zhou Dynasty (1122 BC - 256 BC) or Zhou state Zhou Dynasty (690 AD - 705 AD) Zhou (political division) — Zhou is the na...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ye: Encyclopedia - Ye
Ye has several uses: Ye, China, a city in ancient China Ye (surname) (叶), a Chinese surname Ye, the Early Modern English nominative of...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Chinese Clan: Encyclopedia - Chinese Clan
A Chinese clan (会馆, pinyin: Huìgǔan) is a patrilineal and patrilocal group of related Chinese people with a common surname and shar...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Gu: Encyclopedia - Gu
Gu can refer to: The United States territory of Guam. gu, the ISO 639-1 code for the Gujarati language GU, the ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code f...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Dao An: Encyclopedia - Dao An
Dao An (314-385AD) was a Buddhist monk of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, originating from what is now Hebei Province. Mainly important today as...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Xu: Encyclopedia - Xu
Xu can be a pinyin transliteration of one of several Chinese surnames: 徐 (pinyin Xú, also spelled Hsü or Tsui) 許 (traditional) or ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Jianzhen: Encyclopedia - Jianzhen
Jianzhen or Ganjin (鑒真 or 鑑真; 688–763) was a Chinese monk who helped to propagate Buddhism in Japan. In the eleven years from 7...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Wang Surname: Encyclopedia Ii - Wang Surname - Korean Surname
Wang is a Korean family name 왕 but fairly rare in Korea. According to the South Korean census of 2000, in that year 23,447 people beari...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Zhang Surname: Encyclopedia Ii - Zhang Surname - History Of The Surname 張
The origin of the surname Zhang is legendary. The fifth son of Huang Di (Yellow Emperor), the supreme ancestor of all Chinese people, was...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Family Name: Encyclopedia Ii - Family Name - China Hungary Japan Korea And Vietnam
In Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Vietnamese, and Hungarian cultures, the family name is placed before the given names. So the terms "first n...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Family Name: Encyclopedia Ii - Family Name - China Hungary Japan Korea And Vietnam
In Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Vietnamese, and Hungarian cultures, the family name is placed before the given names. So the terms "first n...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Vietnamese Name: Encyclopedia Ii - Vietnamese Name - Family Name
The family name, positioned first, is passed on by the father to his children (patronymic naming system). It is estimated that there are ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cai Surname: Encyclopedia Ii - Cai Surname - Transliteration And Romanization
Cai is written the same (蔡) in both simplified and traditional Chinese characters. In Mandarin Chinese, the surname is transliterated a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Taiwanese Name: Encyclopedia Ii - Taiwanese Name - Taiwanese Aboriginal Names
Prior to contact with Han Chinese, the Taiwanese aborigines named themselves according to each tribe's tradition. The naming system varie...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Choi: Encyclopedia Ii - Choi - Meaning Of Choi
The name Choi (崔) is derived from the combination of 3 ancient Chinese characters: 山 symbolizes the mountains. 人 symbolizes a per...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Family Name: Encyclopedia Ii - Family Name - Italy
See also: Italian surnames category. Italian names are mostly derived from Latin, but since Italy has been often ruled by foreigners, man...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Family Name: Encyclopedia Ii - Family Name - The Philippines
Until the middle of the 19th century, there was no standardization of surnames in the Philippines. There were native Filipinos without su...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Family Name: Encyclopedia Ii - Family Name - The Philippines
Until the middle of the 19th century, there was no standardization of surnames in the Philippines. There were native Filipinos without su...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Family Name: Encyclopedia Ii - Family Name - Italy
See also: Italian surnames category. Italian names are mostly derived from Latin, but since Italy has been often ruled by foreigners, man...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Family Name: Encyclopedia Ii - Family Name - India And Indonesia
Similar patronymic customs exist in some parts of India and Indonesia. However, many Indians (from India) living in English-speaking coun...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Family Name: Encyclopedia Ii - Family Name - Ashkenazi Jewish Surnames
Until a few hundred years ago, Ashkenazim (Jews from Northern and Eastern Europe) followed no tradition of surnames, but used patronymics...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Family Name: Encyclopedia Ii - Family Name - Ashkenazi Jewish Surnames
Until a few hundred years ago, Ashkenazim (Jews from Northern and Eastern Europe) followed no tradition of surnames, but used patronymics...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Family Name: Encyclopedia Ii - Family Name - Poland
In Poland and most of the former Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth the surnames first appeared in late Middle Ages. Initially their purpose ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Family Name: Encyclopedia Ii - Family Name - Poland
In Poland and most of the former Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth the surnames first appeared in late Middle Ages. Initially their purpose ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Chinese In Singapore: Encyclopedia Ii - Chinese In Singapore - History
There are records of the Chinese presence in Singapore as early as the 14th-century. Imperial Chinese sources state that there was a sign...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Family Name: Encyclopedia Ii - Family Name - Romania
In Romania family names traditionally have an English-like usage: a child inherits his father's family name, and a wife takes her husband...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Family Name: Encyclopedia Ii - Family Name - Ethiopia/eritrea
In most of Ethiopia and Eritrea, a patronymic custom exists. Children are given the father's exact first name as their surname. Common Ti...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Family Name: Encyclopedia Ii - Family Name - Ethiopia/eritrea
In most of Ethiopia and Eritrea, a patronymic custom exists. Children are given the father's exact first name as their surname. Common ti...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Family Name: Encyclopedia Ii - Family Name - India And Indonesia
Similar patronymic customs exist in some parts of India and Indonesia. A patronymic system is often followed in southern regions of India...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Family Name: Encyclopedia Ii - Family Name - Ireland
Many surnames in Ireland of Gaelic origin derive from ancestor's names; nicknames; or descriptive names. In the first group can be placed...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Family Name: Encyclopedia Ii - Family Name - Spain And Hispanic Areas
In medieval times, a patronymic system similar to the one still used in Iceland emerged. For example, Álvaro son of Rodrigo would be nam...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Family Name: Encyclopedia Ii - Family Name - Scandinavia
In Scandinavia family names often, but certainly not always, originate from a patronymic. In Sweden, the patronymic ending is -sson, e.g....   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Family Name: Encyclopedia Ii - Family Name - Russia
A full Russian name consists of personal (given) name, patronymic, and family name (surname). Probably the majority of Russian family nam...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Family Name: Encyclopedia Ii - Family Name - Ireland
Many surnames in Ireland of Gaelic origin derive from ancestor's names; nicknames; or descriptive names. In the first group can be placed...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Family Name: Encyclopedia Ii - Family Name - Spain And Hispanic Areas
In medieval times, a patronymic system similar to the one still used in Iceland emerged. For example, Álvaro son of Rodrigo would be nam...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Family Name: Encyclopedia Ii - Family Name - Scandinavia
In Scandinavia family names often, but certainly not always, originate from a patronymic. In Sweden, the patronymic ending is -sson, e.g....   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Family Name: Encyclopedia Ii - Family Name - Russia
A full Russian name consists of personal (given) name, patronymic, and family name (surname). Probably the majority of Russian family nam...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Family Name: Encyclopedia Ii - Family Name - French-speaking Countries
French-speaking countries have many similarities to English-speaking ones in the way family names are used. In France and the Canadian pr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Family Name: Encyclopedia Ii - Family Name - English-speaking Countries
Almost all surnames of English origin fall into just four types: Occupations (e.g. Smith, Baker, Archer) Personal characteristics (e.g. ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Family Name: Encyclopedia Ii - Family Name - French-speaking Countries
French-speaking countries have many similarities to English-speaking ones in the way family names are used. In France and the Canadian pr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Family Name: Encyclopedia Ii - Family Name - French-speaking Countries
French-speaking countries have many similarities to English-speaking ones in the way family names are used. In France and the Canadian pr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Family Name: Encyclopedia Ii - Family Name - English-speaking Countries
Almost all surnames of English origin fall into just four types: Occupations (e.g. Smith, Baker, Archer) Personal characteristics (e.g. ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Family Name: Encyclopedia Ii - Family Name - English-speaking Countries
Almost all surnames of English origin fall into just four types: Occupations (e.g. Smith, Baker, Archer) Personal characteristics (e.g. ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Family Name: Encyclopedia Ii - Family Name - Romania
In Romania family names traditionally have an English-like usage: a child inherits his father's family name, and a wife takes her husband...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Chinese In Singapore: Encyclopedia Ii - Chinese In Singapore - Dialect Groups
The Chinese in Singapore are almost exclusively Han Chinese. They belong to several linguistic-cultural dialect groups, originating from ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Chinese In Singapore: Encyclopedia Ii - Chinese In Singapore - Religion
According the 2000 census, 42.5% of Singapore's population declare themselves to be Buddhist, 8.5% Taoist, 14.6% Christian and 14.8% non-...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Chen Surname: Encyclopedia Ii - Chen Surname - History
Initial surname Chen was from Gui (Chinese:媯, pinyin: Gūi), which was an ancient Chinese surname of descendants of Emperor Shun, who w...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Li Surname: Encyclopedia Ii - Li Surname - History
According to the Xing Zuan, the Chinese dictionary of surnames, the Li surname has a long history which goes back to Emperor Zhuanzu who ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Vietnamese Name: Encyclopedia Ii - Vietnamese Name - Middle Name
The middle name, or more correctly, intercalary name, (tên đệm or tên lót), is selected by parents from a fairly narrow range. For ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Vietnamese Name: Encyclopedia Ii - Vietnamese Name - Given Name
The given name is the primary form of address for Vietnamese. It is chosen by parents, and usually has a literal meaning in the Vietnames...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Taiwanese Name: Encyclopedia Ii - Taiwanese Name - Japanese Names
In the early phases of Japanese rule over Taiwan after 1895, the Japanese government did not make any strong effort to encourage Taiwanes...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Taiwanese Name: Encyclopedia Ii - Taiwanese Name - Han-chinese Names
Taiwanese name - Family names. Taiwanese family names of the Han Chinese heritage are nearly all Chinese family names, particularly of ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Chinese Filipino: Encyclopedia Ii - Chinese Filipino - Chinese Mestizos
See also: Mestizos in the Philippines. Chinese mestizos are those in the Philippines of mixed Chinese and either Filipino or Spanish (or ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hmong: Encyclopedia Ii - Hmong - History
Hmong - Early history. The Hmong people have a recollected history that stretches back, perhaps to the last Ice Age. The Hmong's early ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hmong: Encyclopedia Ii - Hmong - Demographics
Most Hmong currently live in China. Miao population growth in China: 1953: 2,510,000 1964: 2,780,000 1982: 5,030,000 1990: 7,390,000 3,...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hmong: Encyclopedia Ii - Hmong - Nomenclature: Miao And Hmong
Two terms, Miao and Hmong (or H'mong in Vietnam), are both currently used to refer to one of the aboriginal peoples of China. They live m...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hmong: Encyclopedia Ii - Hmong - Hmong In Laos
In 1960, many Hmong in Laos were recruited by the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency as part of a plan more to fight for and defend Laos ag...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hmong: Encyclopedia Ii - Hmong - Hmong In The United States
Main article: Hmong American Many Laotian Hmong war refugees fled to America after the Vietnam War. Beginning in December, 1975, the firs...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hoa: Encyclopedia Ii - Hoa - Chinese Vietnamese In Other Countries
As an example of their resiliency to Chinese culture, upon their arrival in North America, some Chinese Vietnamese immigrants have re-ass...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Velar Nasal: Encyclopedia Ii - Velar Nasal - In Other Languages
The [ŋ] sound is a fairly common sound cross-linguistically. It is unusual in that in many languages it is only permitted in postvocalic...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Japanese Name: Encyclopedia Ii - Japanese Name - Characters
Japanese names are usually written in kanji (Chinese characters), although some names use hiragana or even katakana, or a mixture of kanj...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Korean Name: Encyclopedia Ii - Korean Name - Family Names
Korean family names are influenced by Chinese family names, hence, as in Chinese, the term the hundred family names (baekseong; 백성; �...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Korean Name: Encyclopedia Ii - Korean Name - Historical Names
Korean name - Native names. Prior to the adoption of Chinese-style names, Koreans had indigenous names. They did not have family names,...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Korean Name: Encyclopedia Ii - Korean Name - Given Names
Korean given names are usually composed of two characters or syllables. A few people have one- or three-character given names, like the p...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hong Kong Government Cantonese Romanisation: Encyclopedia Ii - Hong Kong Government Cantonese Romanisation - Usage
It is used in romanising names of people, when the applicant do not produce one by her/himself, and geographical names, for places which ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hong Kong Government Cantonese Romanisation: Encyclopedia Ii - Hong Kong Government Cantonese Romanisation - Spelling
It is not a fully standardised system, and many of the phonemes correspond to more than one letter combination, or the other way round. A...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hong Kong Government Cantonese Romanisation: Encyclopedia Ii - Hong Kong Government Cantonese Romanisation - Pronunciation In English
The romanized words are normally pronounced in a somewhat anglicized way, with the following characteristics which are different than wha...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Most Common Surnames: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Most Common Surnames - China
According to the survey conducted by Chinese Academy of Sciences released in January 2006, the first twentith surnames in Mainland China ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Japanese Name: Encyclopedia Ii - Japanese Name - Customs
In ancient times, people in Japan were considered the property of the Emperor and their surname reflected the role in the government they...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Indo-parthian Kingdom: Encyclopedia Ii - Indo-parthian Kingdom - Silk Road Transmission Of Buddhism
Main article: Silk Road transmission of Buddhism Some pocket of Parthian rule remained in the East, even after the takeover by the Sassan...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Indonesian Names: Encyclopedia Ii - Indonesian Names - Modifications To The Name Outside Of Indonesia
Countries often modify the official Indonesian name to conform to their typical naming standards. This is most apparent where individuals...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Nhat Hanh: Encyclopedia Ii - Nhat Hanh - Names Applied To Him
The Vietnamese title Thích means, roughly, "of the Shakya (Shakyamuni Buddha) clan". All Vietnamese (and Chinese) Buddhist monks and nun...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sun Myung Moon: Encyclopedia Ii - Sun Myung Moon - Name And Forms Of Address
The Hanja for "Moon" (문, 文), the reverend's surname, means "word" or "truth" in Korean. The character "sun" (선, 鮮) contains Chine...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sun Myung Moon: Encyclopedia Ii - Sun Myung Moon - Name And Forms Of Address
The Hanja for "Moon" (문, 文), the reverend's surname, means "word" or "truth" in Korean. The character "sun" (선, 鮮) contains Chine...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Color Metaphors For Race: Encyclopedia Ii - Color Metaphors For Race - China
Huang (yellow) is a common surname, but does not refer to the East Asian race as was popular in Western languages until recently. However...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Matsuo Bashō: Encyclopedia Ii - Matsuo Bashō - Names
"Matsuo" was the poet's family name, but he is usually referred to simply as "Bashō" without the surname. He was known as Kinsaku as a c...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sindbad The Sailor: Encyclopedia Ii - Sindbad The Sailor - Possible Historical Roots
The character Sindbad was inspired by the culmulative tales of many seafarers that had followed, traded and worked in various support shi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kanji: Encyclopedia Ii - Kanji - Related Symbols
The ideographic iteration mark (々) is used to indicate that the preceding kanji is to be repeated, functioning similarly to a ditto mar...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - L.j. Hooker: Encyclopedia Ii - L.j. Hooker - History
The company was established in 1928 by Sir Leslie Joseph Hooker in Maroubra, NSW. Leslie Joseph Hooker was born Leslie Joseph Tingyou. Be...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hmong: Encyclopedia Ii - Hmong - Hmong In The United States
Main article: Hmong American In the United States, many Hmong war refugees of Laotian persecution and the Vietnam War fled to America. Be...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Catálogo Alfabético De Apellidos: Encyclopedia Ii - Catálogo Alfabético De Apellidos - Dissemination Of Surnames
According to the decree, a copy of the catalogue was to be distributed to the provincial heads of the archipelago. From there, a certain ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Dream Of The Red Chamber: Encyclopedia Ii - Dream Of The Red Chamber - Fiction / Reality
The name of the main family, "賈" looks similar to the author's surname 曹 and has the same pronunciation in Mandarin as another Chines...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Chinese Surname: Encyclopedia Ii - Chinese Surname - Usage
In writing Chinese names, Chinese family names are placed before the given name, e.g. Cheung Kwok Wing. Hence the Western concept of firs...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Chinese Surname: Encyclopedia Ii - Chinese Surname - The Sociological Use Of Surnames
Throughout most of Chinese history, surnames have served sociological functions. Because of their association with the aristocratic elite...   » Read the article